InDesign: XML UK Classes & Lessons (Adobe)

About this class

This one day Adobe authorised course explores InDesign's powerful support for importing and exporting XML allowing you to publish existing InDesign content to almost any media.

You will cover how to add XML tags to InDesign documents and export the contents to an XML file which can then be reformatted for the web, mobile devices, eBooks or even other InDesign documents.

Who will the lesson benefit?

This course is aimed at those already familiar with both basic and advanced InDesign features

Contents of this class

Understanding XML tags

Using the tags panel
Applying tags to graphics frames
Applying tags to text frames
Applying tags to blocks of text
Using bracketed tags
Creating your own set of tags

Importing XML files into InDesign

Setting up a document for importing XML tags
Setting up your tagging structure
Using the Import XML command
Specifying whether imported elements should replace existing content or not
Appending imported content to existing content
Working with untagged elements

Tagging an InDesign document

XML tags vs tagged text
Using the New Tags command
Editing tags
Importing and exporting graphics for XML
Adding tags based on PDF structure tags
Creating automatic layouts using the XML rules engine

XML terminology and structure

Understanding structure: using sequential and hierarchical relationships
Using parental elements and child elements
Using sibling elements
Dragging and dropping elements
Understanding attributes

Preparing a document for export

Mapping styles and tags for XML
The Map Styles to Tags dialog box
Matching style names to tag names
Using Structure View to revise the levels of hierarchy
Using the Cross Media Export commands

InDesign and other applications

Using Adobe Acrobat structure tags
Using Article, Figure and Artifact

InDesign: XML